Arctic

Up at 3am, just in time for the hour long deep red sunrise as the ship bobs around the extraordinary fjords of the north. Up at 1am, lying on the deck as the aurora borealis start to rain down. Abandoning lunch to take another view of the ridiculously epic scenery of the west coast of Greenland. Abandoning ship to take Zodiacs around the transient icebergs and glaciers. Slowly, patiently ascending hillsides alone, to get close enough and with respect for the Arctic hares playing on the other side. This is wilderness; this is life.

Alien In Ice

Bizarrely shaped ice emerges against a soft pink sky in King Oscar Fjord, Greenland. The circular burrows were created when the iceberg was rotated backward 90 degrees, so they eyes pointed up; the dark rocks in the centre will then gradually heat up rather than reflect light, and gently melt the ice around. At some point the iceberg will become unstable for other melting reasons, and flip round, creating this unusual scene. Obviously this is inverted, with sky at bottom and water at top. (pro-tip: hold your DSLR upside-down, it makes it really hard to use)